mimo-, mim-, -mimesis, -mimia, -mimetic, -mime, -mimic, -mimical, -mimically +
(Greek: mimic, mime; imitate, act; simulation)
andromimesis, andromimetic
1. Producing male characteristics; having a masculinizing effect; simulating the action of androgen.
2. Simulating the effect of male hormones, thus producing masculine characteristics.
3. The state of a woman who lives full-time as a man. Unlike transvestic fetishism, in which cross-dressing appears episodically because it is required for erotic arousal and orgasm, the anderomimetic adopts the male role and appearance full-time and may undergo hormonal masculinization, hysterectomy, breast removal, or full sex-reassignment surgery.
The counterpart of andromimesis in the male is gynemimesis.
biomimetic
Relating to a substance or process that uses biomimicry.
biomimetics
A branch of biology that uses information from biological systems to develop synthetic systems.
Biomimetics: Designs by Nature, Imitated and Developed by and for Mankind
Utilizing nature in the present and in the future with engineering designs with
biomimetics or biomimesis; that is, mimicking nature with technology.
Don't confuse this field of science with a similar term known as biometrics.
Biomimetics: Imitating Biological Processes
Perspectives about how some scientists are utilizing the forces of nature through
biomimetics or biomimesis; that is, mimicking nature with technology.
Don't confuse this field of science with a similar term known as biometrics.
Biomimetics: Index of Natural Imitations
Biomimetics: Velcro
You will learn about
Velcro, a well-known product of nature and now with practical applications for clothing and other items of interest to people.
mime
1. A performance using gestures and body movements without words.
2. An actor who communicates entirely by gestures and facial expressions.
3. To act out without words but only with gestures and bodily movements: "The young actors mimed eating an apple."
4. To imitate a person, a manner, etc.; especially, for satirical effects.
5. Etymology: "a buffoon who practices gesticulations" from, 1603, from French mime, from Latin mimus; from Greek mimos, "imitator, actor, buffoon". The verb meaning "to act without words" is from 1616 and the sense of "to imitate" is from 1733.
mimed
1. A style of performance in which people acted out situations or portrayed characters using only gestures, facial expressions, and actions.
2. A performer who did not speak, but relied solely on gestures, facial expressions, and actions to communicate with an audience.
3. In ancient Greek and Roman theater, it was a lewd comedy which included dialogues, dances, and gestures.
mimeograph
1. A machine that prints copies onto paper from an inked stencil rotated on a cylinder across the pages.
2. Etymology: "a copying machine", from about 1889, invented by Edison; from Greek mimeomai, "I imitate"; from mimos, "mime" + -graphos; from graphein, "to write".
mimes
1. The use of movements of the hands and body, with expressions on the face, without speech, to communicate emotions and actions or to tell a story.
2. Pretending to sing, to play, or to say things without making any sounds.
mimesis
1. The imitation of life or nature in the techniques and subject matter of art and literature.
2. The representation of another person's words in a speech.
3. Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease.
4. The occurrence of the symptoms of a disease in someone who does not have that disease, often produced psychosomatically.
mimetic
1. Relating to, or practicing imitation; such as, in artistic or literary mimesis.
2. Relating to mimicry in animals and plants.
3. Referring to, or exhibiting, imitation or simulation, as of one disease for another.
mimetically
Characterized by or exhibiting mimicry.
mimetic expression
An expression that imitates or represents aspects of the sensible world; especially, human actions in literature and art.
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